Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to Eric, Dan and Ted for the funny responses. I loved especially Ted's >I prefer the construction methods of Leica, Ferrari, Porsche, RRoyce and other "quality manufacturers!" :)<. These are indeed good examples concerning quality problems! OK, it's really unimportant whether the one thing is good or the other thing is better - it's what you make it. But these 'Leica offers a new trend' or 'people don't need a 100% viewfinder, 8fps...' statements are irrational, far from truth, denying the facts. Eric, of what significance do you think is a baseball picture taken without AF and without motor ??? Does it mean others do not need or should not have them? Do you want Leica to decide what you need? You wrote: >Leica doesn't want to keep up. They want to go their own way, and they >make the compromises where they are important to keep the price of >their cameras down to the level they can live with. (...) 3D Matrix >RGB metering? That's less than two years old. Leica takes >longer than that to add any technology. Leave it up to them to put it >in a future camera, if it really pans out.< Do you see the contradiction between >don't want to keep up< and >put it in a future camera< ? Oh no, I know it's hopeless, you're addicted. I'll put that down. And BTW two of my pictures are on Jun Nakajimas side. These were taken with an M3 (actually without using the 88% viewfinder). And, yes, I dumped that dull thing.